DBA, MPhil, Chartered Psychologist, ADipC, FCIPD, FCII
Professor Malcolm Higgs is Professor of Human Resources and Organisation Behaviour at the University of Southampton School of Management. Until 31 October 2007 Malcolm was the Director of the School of Leadership, Change and HR and Research Director of Henley Management College. He took up this position in August 2005 having for the previous four years been the College’s Academic Dean. He remains a Visiting Professor at Henley Management College.
He moved to Henley from a role as Principal Partner in Towers Perrin's International Human Resource Management practice. In this role he was responsible for Organisation and Management Development, Assessment, Leadership Development and Training projects for clients and for developing programmes and strategies for human resource and change management. In addition he was responsible for the firm's International leadership development practice.
Prior to joining Towers Perrin, Malcolm had eight years consulting experience with the Hay Group and Arthur Young. In 1987 he undertook a research programme into the human resource implications of the major changes in the UK financial markets and in 1988 published a book based on this research "Management Development Strategy in the Financial Sector". He has also published extensively in both academic and practitioner journals on leadership, team development, executive assessment and change management. In addition he has published widely on the topic of Emotional Intelligence and has jointly developed a psychometric test to measure this together with a book on the topic (Making Sense of Emotional Intelligence).
His recent research into change and it’s leadership has been published by Jossey Bass in a book he co-authored with Deborah Rowland entitled “Sustaining Change: Leadership that Works”. He is a frequent speaker both at public and corporate conferences.
Malcolm is a member of the British Psychological Society and a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and is also is actively involved in consulting on leadership, change and assessment with a range of international companies.